Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland | Review & Swatches

I'm super excited to write this post but I've taken so long to get around to doing it. I also know this isn't a very new palette anymore but I couldn't find it anywhere for a good while. When I saw that Urban Decay were releasing another Alice in Wonderland palette I knew I was going to love it straight away. I am a huge Alice in Wonderland fan, I just love everything about it so a make up palette based on it yes please. As soon as I saw the pictures I fell in love with it, it's literally so pretty. It's based off the new Alice in Wonderland film Through The Looking Glass, which I actually never read which made it more exciting. I actually had the film in my June favourites. Anyway I've been trying out this palette for a few weeks and I thought I'd write what my opinions on it are and give it an honest review.

   

The palette comes in a box of the same design and you slide the palette out. The design is like looking through a kaleidoscope and has colourful flower like patterns but it's just so pretty I don't even know how do describe it. The side of the palette has the quote 'I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I must have changed several times since then' which is a classic Alice quote. Then when it's opened there's another quote which reads 'I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours' which is so cute, Alice in Wonderland has the most creative and cute quotes. I love them.

   

When opened the top section reveals a mirror which also has a quote on it of probably the most famous quote 'We're all mad here'. The mirror looks like the mirror from the film and has loads of clocks that are melting almost like Dali's famous painting. Underneath the quote you can open the sections to reveal a pop up butterfly from the book and film. It's such a beautifully designed intricate palette and although there's really no need for it to be so fancy and complicated for just being an eye shadow palette I think it suits the themes of the film well. Quite quirky, interesting and a bit different from your average palette and definitely a great collectors item.

The shades on the palette are all so vibrant and some are definitely some I'm going to have to work up the courage to wear out. Each column is based off a certain Alice in Wonderland character which I only realized after I bought it. The first is Alice, then the Mad Hatter, Mirana or the White Queen, Iracebeth or Queen of Hearts and Time. There is meant to be five complete looks in total which I like the idea of, although obviously there's more than five.

The first swatches are from the Alice shades in the palette, Looking Glass, Reflection, Dormouse and Metamorphosis. These colours definitely look like something Alice would wear and I think the subtle shades would go well with a pop of blue. The shade Looking Glass is probably the most faded and subtle of the palette and it's very hard to see it but the other shades are very easy to blend and I find them very pigmented and easy to use.

The swatches above are of the Mad Hatter look which not in Mad Hatter terms are very outgoing and crazy shades to pair with each other. Again it looks very like the Mad Hatter and I've seen some inspired looks with these shades which are just beautiful. The colours are Hatter, Gone Mad, Paradox, and Cake. I haven't used many of these shades yet, they'll probably be my least used shades but I do love Gone Mad which is a deep purple colour and I think it looks great applied under the lash line.

The next shades are based off the White Queen also known as Mirana. These are the most neutral and natural colours on the palette by far. The shades are Lily, Duchess, Kingdom, and Chessboard. These are my favourite shades in the palette. Lily is by far my favourite shade, when first applied it looks like a nice pale beige white then it turns into such a pretty duochrome eye shadow and it becomes a metallic pink in the light and I absolutely love it. If I could only wear one eye shadow for the rest of my life it'd be that one. Duchess is a great match with that shadow and its a pretty light orange gold, even though it seems more beige in the swatch.

The next swatches are of the Queen of Hearts or Iracebeth. The shades are Royal Flush, Salazen Grum, Bandersnatch, and Heads Will Roll. I love Salazen Grum it's the perfect shimmery deep red and looks so pretty. I haven't worn the blue and turquoise shades yet as I feel like they don't really suit my blue eyes, but they feel like good quality.

The last character shades are of Time. They're the darkest shades in the palette and they are Mirror, Chronosphere, Dream on, and Time. These shades are very pigmented and dark. I love the shade Dream On, even though it's the shade many people have said is disappointing. It's not very pigmented but it's still pretty but I can see why people complain about it. All the rest of the shades are very pigmented and soft. 

I know many people have said that this palette isn't up with usual Urban Decay quality and isn't worth the money but I think the eye shadows are very good quality. There's probably two shades on the palette, Looking Glass and Dream On, that I'm not entirely happy with but the rest of them are of high standard and Urban Decay quality. For me this palette is more about the design and detail than the actual eye shadow shades. They're all pretty eye shadows that are soft and easily blended, yet the design of shades for each individual character and the overall design of the palette makes it worth the money. 

I would recommend this palette for sure as it's probably my favourite as of now. Also perfect for my fellow Disney fans. Has anyone tried this palette or seen the new film? What do you think?